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In Sports news this week: the Czech women’s tennis team beats Germany to
reach the Fed Cup semi-finals; in football, Czechs will face title holders
Spain in the next European 2012 championship qualifications; goalie Petr
Čech contributes to Chelsea’s win over city rival Arsenal; and hockey
star Jaromír Jágr returns from Russia fit for the Winter Olympics in
Vancouver.
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In Sports News this Monday: Zdeněk Štybar becomes the first Czech in 19
years to win the Cyclo-cross World Championships, in front of a home crowd
in Tábor; Czech Karolína Plíšková takes the junior title at the
Australian Open; and goalie Tomáš Vokoun sets a new personal record for
shutouts in one season in ice the NHL. More
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In Sports News this Monday: Zdeněk Štybar becomes the first Czech ever to
win the World Cup in Cyclo-cross; Kateřina Novotná takes the all-round
title at the European Short Course Championships for the first time in her
career; and the Czech team for next month’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver
is the biggest ever.
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In Sports News this Monday: first place in Estonia’s Otepaa represents a
double hat-trick for cross country skier Lukáš Bauer; Šárka Záhrobská
admits to lacking “zest” after another off-the-pace finish in the
slalom World Cup; Czech ice hockey captain Patrik Eliáš is knocked
unconscious during an NHL game; and Czech men’s number one Radek
Štěpánek exits the Australian Open in the first round.
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In Sports News this Monday: Martina Sáblíková takes the all-round title
at the European Speedskating Championships; Lukáš Bauer wins the Tour de
Ski for the second time, after a strong performance in the final stage;
Nikola Sudová comes third in the women’s moguls in the Freestyle Skiing
World Cup in Calgary; and Radek Štěpánek is beaten in the final of
tennis’s Brisbane International. More
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In Sports News: former world champion Šárka Záhrobská comes fifth in a
slalom World Cup event in Zagreb; Lukáš Bauer does well in the Tour de
Ski’s 15 km classic, but is left frustrated after an unusually poor
showing in the sprint; and Czech driver Tomáš Tomeček is forced to pull
out of the Dakar Rally after his Tatra truck crashes in the opening stage.
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In Sports News this Monday: the Czechs get off to a very poor start at the
ice hockey Under 20 World Championship in Canada, being hammered by Sweden
and squandering a three-goal lead against Finland; anticipation mounts
ahead of the announcement of the Czech hockey squad for the Winter
Olympics; and Slavia Prague have now lost eight games out of 10 in the
Czech Extraliga.
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In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic have a mixed time of it at
ice hockey’s Channel One Cup, taking points in all of their games but
never the maximum three; David Bakeš notches up a career-best fourth in a
Snowboardcross Cup event in Colorado; and the erratic Czech footballer Jan
Šimák has been shown the door by Stuttgart.
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In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic’s tennis player of the
year is…the country’s whole Davis Cup team; the Czech women’s
floorball team reach the last four at the World Championship for the first
time, but come home empty handed; speed skater Martina Sáblíková wins a
World Cup 3000m race in her second best time; and Sparta and Slavia face
their last games of 2009 in football’s Europa League, though only the
former have something to play for.
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In Sports News this Monday: the Czechs lose 5:0 to Spain in the final of
the Davis Cup in Barcelona – Radek Štěpánek says the Spanish deserved
their victory; injury-dogged Tomáš Rosický is “devastated” after
picking up a groin strain that will see him sidelined for around a month;
and Plzeň move to the top of the ice hockey Extraliga.
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